Original text of ancient poem
Carrying a mud swallow, it flew to the painting hall. He occupies a safe place in the apricot beam. He is so light that only his master can pity him. He is an enviable good karma.
Translation translation
The swallow with mud in its mouth flew in front of the ornately decorated lobby, occupying a stable place between the beams. Its body is light and only the owner Ling loves it, and it is a good smoke. envious.
Comments and explanations
Occupy: occupy.
Xingliang: roof beams made of apricot trees, generally refers to beams and columns made of high-quality wood.
Caity: refers to the beautiful union of two swallows.
Creative background
He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Qianfu. Two years later, Huang Chao rebelled and captured Chang'an. In the second year of Guangqi (886 AD), in order to avoid the rebellion of King Xiang Li Yu, He first lived in Wuyue, and then settled in Bashu. He lived a life of drifting like poplar flowers at the ferry crossing and the wind blowing in the heavy snow. It was at that time that he composed this poem.
Poetry Appreciation
This poem expresses the heroine's pursuit of happy love by borrowing objects to express her feelings.
In late spring in March, the flowers are in full bloom, the vegetation is lush, and a pair of swallows fly back and forth, hurriedly picking up mud and building their nests. They built their nests securely on the apricot beams of the house, eventually creating a beautiful smoke-free environment. And the woman who is alone in her boudoir? She saw the swallows building their nests, and she envied their loving attitude of staying and flying together.
"With a mud swallow in its mouth, it flew to the front of the painting hall. It occupied a stable place on the apricot beam." These three sentences describe swallows building nests and chanting things dynamically. The three movements of "title", "fly" and "occupy" completely describe the whole process of swallows building nests in one go.
"Only the master can pity a light body, which is an enviable good fate." These two sentences describe the sigh of missing a woman in a boudoir. This poem about things does not stop at describing swallows, but uses things to describe feelings, from swallows to people. The heroine couldn't help feeling sad when she saw the swallows flying together. She lamented that she was alone and had no one to love her, and she envied the beautiful relationship of the swallows between the beams.
This little order has only twenty-seven characters, but it is written in both form and spirit, with profound implications and full of emotion. The language is popular, the feelings are sincere, and it has a strong folk flavor.